Migrants resume Channel crossings after five days of poor weather

Migrants resume Channel crossings after weather put five-day halt to people traffickers as Liz Truss insists asylum seekers will still be sent to Rwanda

• People including small children in blankets were brought to shore in Dover today
• The total number to make the dangerous crossing in 2022 has passed 32,000
• The PM insisted this morning she was sticking with controversial Rwanda policy

Crossings of the English Channel in small boats have resumed today after weather put a five-day halt to people trafficking operations.

A group of people was brought to shore in Dover, Kent this morning following a small boat incident in the Channel, the world’s busiest shipping lane.

People, including a small number of children, were wrapped in blue blankets and carrying their belongings in black bin bags as they walked through the Border Force compound in Dover.

This follows five days with no Channel crossings, likely due to poor weather.

The news comes as the total number of people making the dangerous crossing so far in 2022 has passed 32,000, according to analysis of Ministry of Defence figures.

Crossings of the English Channel in small boats have resumed today after weather put a five-day halt to people trafficking operations

A group of people was brought to shore in Dover, Kent this morning following a small boat incident in the Channel, the world’s busiest shipping lane

People, including a small number of children, were wrapped in blue blankets and carrying their belongings in black bin bags as they walked through the Border Force compound in Dover

This follows five days with no Channel crossings, likely due to poor weather

The news comes as the total number of people making the dangerous crossing so far in 2022 has passed 32,000, according to analysis of Ministry of Defence figures

A group of people thought to be migrants walk through the Border Force compound in Dover

Some 650 people crossed the Channel in 14 boats on Friday, September 23, bringing the year’s total to 32,308.

August 22 was the date with the highest number of people brought to the UK so far this year, with 1,295 people rescued in the Channel.

A total of 1,160 people were brought to shore on September 4, and 1,142 were rescued on September 22.

There have been 27,040 crossings since the announcement of the Rwanda deal by then-home secretary Priti Patel.

Speaking to BBC Radio Kent about the Rwanda deal this morning, Prime Minister Liz Truss said: ‘We are (sticking with the Rwanda policy) and what we will make sure is that UK courts can’t be overruled by the European Court of Human Rights so we are able to deal with the small boats crisis, and the Home Secretary is determined to get on with that.’

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